Infinite:Finite:Infinity

by mister pseudonymous

In the shadows, something stirs. Sasuke is missing. Itachi sits in a cell. Sakura works against the odds. Hinata takes pictures. Naruto mourns a friendship. In the shadows, something stirs—luring in more players to a game with no rules. ::AU::

6. One:Shadows:Let it Fester

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｢One:Shadows:Let it Fester｣

He typed fervently—every press of the key solidifying his focus on the formulation of words and thoughts and structure. All of the lights alit, keeping stretching, grasping shadows at bay. However, that which lurked in obscurity would not be thwarted. The lights, his aegis, flickered momentarily, and the dark laughed as the nervous sweat dampened his brow.

He typed frantically, but the light kept him safe still. Thrumming. Buzzing. Ticking. Let it fester. Let it be. To glimpse the shadows is is to blind your soul. Let it fester un—

The piercing, reverberating booming of a grandiose explosion halted his hand, hovering over the typewriter. And then the the lights went out. Jiraiya could feel the darkness caressing his pallid skin as he fled into the night, his small typewriter painfully crushed to his chest. Thoughts of Ichiraku and how illuminated it would surely be, gave him the courage he desperately needed.